The first is practical: repealing Citizens United requires a constitutional amendment, which requires a supermajority. The second is the fact that companies have plenty of ways to exert influence even if their contributions to super PACs have a limit. They can donate to issue areas or special interests or encourage employees to give to a particular candidate. It’s not like companies were devoid of influence prior to the Citizens United ruling in 2010. The third is that money would still dominate politics, just to a less egregious degree. As noted above, political donors would yet reflect a
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